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What would you recommend to parents who don't want to assign their very young (.5-1 yr old) children to what most folks think of as old school traditional dayca
by nugget 11y ago
What would you recommend to parents who don't want to assign their very young (.5-1 yr old) children to what most folks think of as old school traditional daycare? Do you think daily structured group dates supervised by a rotating parent or guardian would have this same effect? What were the key ingredients that you think made your child have a good experience and concurrently gave you as parents confidence in the process?
- VLM 11y agoAssuming your request is genuine and not rhetorical if you live in a decent area the well funded local library has seemingly continuous story reading and kids activities, all completely free (well, free aside from being rich enough to buy a house in that area and pay the related high prop taxes), and when they need to get out and run, the muni parks and rec dept has a fairly staggering variety of classes for minimal to zero fee for residents ranging from formal classes to playground games and toys. Parks and rec has or had a mandate that part of the building code was no house is more than a couple hundred feet (maybe a thousand feet?) from a free muni park, basically every subdivision has a park with kids actively in it, however minimal the park may be. At the very low age you specify the selection is somewhat limited and usually they demand a parent participate with the kid WRT bathroom issues etc. When the kids get older there is more fun to be had, (semi-)organized sports and minecraft night at the library and movie night at the park (they use a projector and screen) and after school clubs and stuff. A condo downtown means the kids will have nothing to do, but the burbs are a lot of fun as a kid and also as a side effect of the cost of entry, they're also relatively safe.